The Secret Life of Stars: Astrophysics for Everyone by Lisa Harvey-Smith
34.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
The Secret Life of Stars takes us on a cosmic journey to meet some of the weirdest, most extreme and enigmatic stars in the universe.‘Astrophysics made fun!’Pam Melroy, former astronaut and space shuttle commander‘The most enjoyable stroll through the cosmos’Gerry Griffin, former flight director, Apollo ...Show more
What Is to Be Done: political engagement and saving the planet by Barry Jones
35.00 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
A sequel to the prescient bestseller, first published in 1982, that alerted the public to the likely impacts of information technologies and the emergence of a post-industrial society. When Sleepers, Wake!was first released in Australia, it immediately became influential around the world: it was read by ...Show more
Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things by Josh Clark, Chuck Bryant
32.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
From the duo behind the massively successful and award-winning podcast Stuff You Should Know comes an unexpected look at things you thought you knew.Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant started the podcast Stuff You Should Know back in 2008 because they were curious - curious about the world around them, curious ...Show more
Look Up: Why Space Is for Everyone... and Why It Matters by Sarah Cruddas
29.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
‘Sarah Cruddas is a gifted writer and Look Up is an inspired book. I am hopeful that we will never stop looking up.' Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins Most of us have never been to space. To date, of the more than 100 billion humans that have ever existed, fewer than 600 humans have ever left Earth. B ...Show more
Snowball in a Blizzard: The Tricky Problem of Uncertainty in Medicine by Steven C. Hatch
24.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
According to a wry saying among radiologists, finding a tumour in a mammogram is like finding a snowball in a blizzard. Up to thirty percent of breast-cancer diagnoses are given to those who have no cancer at all. Medicine is subject to far more uncertainty than we commonly acknowledge. While it is port ...Show more
Who Cares Wins: Reasons for Optimism in our Changing World by Lily Cole
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE | Reading Level: near fine
Optimism demands action. Optimism is an active choice. Optimism is not naïve and it is not impossible. We are living in an age of turmoil, destruction and uncertainty. Global warming has reached terrifying heights of severity, human expansion has caused the extinction of countless species, and Neolibera ...Show more
Mechanics of Materials For Dummies by James H. Allen
34.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Your ticket to excelling in mechanics of materials With roots in physics and mathematics, engineering mechanics is the basis of all the mechanical sciences: civil engineering, materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering, and aeronautical and aerospace engineering. Tracking a typical underg ...Show more
Gemstones Minerals of Australia by Sutherland Lin ; Gayle
32.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
This text is an accessible reference and identification guide to all gemstones and minerals found in Australia. The book introduces the reader to the chemical and crystal systems of the stones, before providing detailed descriptions of each stone including composition, structure and distribution.
The Planets by Professor Brian Cox; Andrew Cohen
39.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE | Reading Level: 4 Science
Jupiter: The Ruthless One - Mars: The Doomed One - Sun: The Fiery One - Saturn: The Beautiful One - Pluto: The Mysterious One Professor Brian Cox is back with another insightful and mind-blowing exploration of space. This time he shows us our solar system as we've never seen it before. We're living thro ...Show more
Molecules: The Elements and the Architecture of Everything by Theodore Gray; Nick Mann (Photographer)
32.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Molecules is the second book in the million-copy bestselling Elements trilogy. In Molecules, Theodore Gray takes the next step in the story that began with the periodic table in his best-selling book, The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe (2015) and culminated with the ...Show more
Truth to Power: An Inconvenient Sequel by Al Gore
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE | Reading Level: very good
A New York Times bestseller The follow up to the #1 New York Times bestselling An Inconvenient Truth and companion to Vice President Al Gore's new documentary, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, this new book is a daring call to action. It exposes the reality of how humankind has aided in the des ...Show more
The Planet Observer's Handbook by Fred W. Price
124.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE | Reading Level: General Adult